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andirom thedriverszseat,-.

columns :of vehicles of various makes; the a mounting of the steeringwheel to pernnt its" being tilted onan axis .eccentriotoithat of.

July 6,

V srnrrmr BAKEWELL, on semen, ma ma tasis-n62; BY aria-Jenn ma istrates,TO LnLANnLooK COMPANY; on mrorizeerga oonlronarron or MICHI- GAIN.

- nppneatibnflfiiea April 2:1, lees; serial ees,5s1;f

-This invention' relates steering wheels for automoblles, motorboats,aeroplanes and Y thelike, and more particularlyto steering .Whe'els thatare movable from their usual operative positions to positions. ai'lording greater convenience of ingress Among the objectsj f invention theprovision of a simple and etlicient steer ing wheel readily secured uponthe steering .member 14; The rotative me l er 14 is' also; providedwitla transverse aperture for the wheel and. then swung laterally to.further. remove it from: the path of the, driver in entering and;leaving the vehicle, and

' the arrangement of the wheel mounting in conjunction with one'member.of aloclringdevice, whereby the steering mechanism'may be locked at willwit-hthe wheelin either its normal or tilted'positions.

; heabove andother objects of invention'willlbe apparent: from thefollowing description wherein reference ismade to' the accompanyingdrawings illustrating a p're ferred GIIlbOdlIIlQIlt -Of my invention,and-'- wherein similar reference numerals desig- .nate similar partsthroughout the several views; Ii In'the drawings& 7 Fig. 1 is a planviewof the steering wheel,

shown in full linesin' itsnormalposition v and its. relation tothegrooved pintle on andin dotted lines in its tiltedposition'; i Fig. 2isia'side elevation, ofthe steering wheel likewise showing the normaland tilted positions assumed. by the wheel;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the rotative movement of thewheel while being swung from its intermediate raised position to thetilted position shown in" dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2; g V s Fig. 4 isa detail view ofthe steering block and associated rotati-ve member, withthe grooved'pintle on which the rotative member fulcrums shown in dottedlines, and r Fig. 5 is a detail View showing the hori zontal swivel bolton which the wheel'tilts,

= which the wheel rotates. j H

Referring now to the drawings the numeral 5 designates a steeringwheelhaving a spider portion 6 formed with an elongated opening adjacentits hub portion and carrying ape tured. ea s fiadj n he rear er andegrless to' pmtle' 12 is threaded, or otherwise secured; 1

"nuts '17 may be,

swivel bolt "in-position.

assembling my steer ng wheel upon th steering columnjof an automobile orthe like, the steering blockJQ-jis' firmly secureduponf tremity oftheeut-outportionf-A. steering:

whichit is lockedby-means of.nuts-11'.}"A

in thereargface'of thelsteeringlblock'9 (see the reception of the swivelbolt 16 adapted to; pa.ss through; the ears 8"o'f the wheel snlder andthefrotative member 14, -as bestillustrated :in Figsrl: and 5.] Suitablelock provided to retain the, 7

Fig; A) andrpr'ojects therefrom extending through a central aperture 13in the 'rotative the steering column; or the 'movable stub shaft of thesteerlngmechanism 1n the Ford.

and similar constructionathe rotativemember 1 1 then secured upon' thepintle 1 2"" and Ilocked'in such position by isui'ta-blemeans,

as. for example, by a spring-pressed ball 18 fitting within a notch 19in the pintle; (see 1 Fig. 5), andthen-the spiderportion ofthe V wheelsecur'ediipoii the 'rotative member 1 1 by means of the swivel bolt16passing through the ears Slot the spider and the r0.-

In operati tion of the spider fitting snugly" over the steering block 9secured to'the steering mechanism, being removably loc'ked'in thisposition, by, means of the springpresserl latch 21 carried by the"spider and fitting into an opening 22 in the steering block on thesteering wheel' is nor-7f mallv mamtainedin; the pos tion shown in fulllines in Flgs. li and 2, the cuteoutpor tative member. Asbestillustrated in Fig.

ith'the wheel inthis position: the car can j be steered inthe usualmanner, the rotation of the-wheel serving to turn the steering block 9and the steering vmechanism secured thereto. The latch 21 preventsaccidental disloeation of; the steering wheel from the July 6, 1 926.

c. w. BECK STEERING WHEEL Filed April 21, 1924 amvewto'o Chzrics Zea/Y

